diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 6b27e7b..98d1b56 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml"
 
 # Enable an SSH server to allow SFTP uploads to the web root
 #COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.sftp.yml"
-#SECRET_SSH_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
-#SSH_PORT="2222" # this doesn't work yet, maybe an abra bug?
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+#PUBLIC_KEY="ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaJ1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIXqf4nxUxuGmLOaxXXXXXXXXoM/GwhcrAgmtbgXToaYmCJ user@host" # Replace with a public key you generate
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51d2480..c375358 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,5 +28,20 @@ Custom HTML website, served using Nginx.
 abra app cp YOURAPPDOMAIN index.html app:/usr/share/nginx/html
 ```
 
+## Allowing upload via SSH/SFTP
+To allow management of your site's files using scp, rsync or other SSH-based tools:
+1. If you don't already have one, generate an SSH keypair using `ssh-keygen`
+1. `abra app config YOURAPPDOMAIN`
+2. Uncomment these lines and add your public key:
+```
+#COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.sftp.yml"
+#PUBLIC_KEY="ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaJ1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIXqf4nxUxuGmLOaxXXXXXXXXoM/GwhcrAgmtbgXToaYmCJ user@host" # Replace with a public key you generate
+```
+3. `abra app undeploy YOURAPPDOMAIN`
+3. `abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN`
+4. Test the SSH connection: `ssh -p 2220 sftp@YOURAPPDOMAIN`
+5. You can copy local files into the server's web root with a command like: `scp -r -P 2220 * sftp@YOURAPPDOMAIN:/content`
+
+
 [`abra`]: https://git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/abra
 [`coop-cloud/traefik`]: https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/traefik
diff --git a/compose.sftp.yml b/compose.sftp.yml
index 7a8fca7..399f305 100644
--- a/compose.sftp.yml
+++ b/compose.sftp.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ services:
       - PUID=1000
       - PGID=1000
       - TZ=Etc/UTC
-      - PASSWORD_ACCESS=true
-      - USER_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/ssh_password
       - USER_NAME=sftp
-    secrets:
-      - ssh_password
+      - PUBLIC_KEY
     volumes:
       - content:/content:rw
     ports:
@@ -36,11 +33,6 @@ services:
       - content:/content:rw
     entrypoint: [ "bash", "-c", "sleep 10 && chown -R 1000:1000 /content"]
 
-secrets:
-  ssh_password:
-    external: true
-    name: ${STACK_NAME}_ssh_password_${SECRET_SSH_PASSWORD_VERSION}
-
 volumes:
   content: